1 Thessalonians 3:1

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1 Thessalonians 3:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.

2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

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1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Jeremiah 44:22

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

2 Corinthians 11:30

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Acts 17:15

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.